BBC Sounds TR808
This is on now about the history of the TR808 drum machine 40 years old, includes the Beasties :)
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I never had one, but in the mid-90s a friend tried to sell his to me for $150. He needed rent money. I didn't buy it cause I was saving up for something else. I wish I had, they go for $4-5K now!
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A buddy just mailed me his TR-707, which isn't quite the same, I know. I've never seen one of the TR's in real life before. I was blown away by how chintzy it is. The motherfuckin' thing feels like an oversized calculator. Sound awesome though. |
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I also tried making beats with a Kawai R-50 I think it was. It was okay I guess, but at that stage what you really needed was a sampler. Eventually I saved enough to get a used Ensoniq ASR-10, which is great. I still have it. The 707 would be cool for adding some old style drum machine sounds to a song. Although there are lots of sample libraries available now that would probably have the same sounds, or very similar. The 808 is the special one, because of the way you can get those super low synthesized analog kicks. There are sample libraries that copy it, but many people will say that it is never really the same, like with a Moog synth, or Rhodes keyboard or whatever. |
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I think the one thing you can't really get w/ the sample libraries is the swing and the way you can move the tempo while it is playing. Especially if you're running it through some pedals. But yeah, an 808 or 707 or 909 sound in a drum machine or sample pack is pretty close. It's just nice to be tactile with the machine, as chintzy as it is. Quote:
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For software, I don't know all the different ones, but I remember I used something called Nepheton, which did a pretty convincing 808 style kick. |
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i have a Roland MC-505 that i’ve been using for the past 20+ years and it has the CR-78, TR-808, TR-606, TR-909, TR-707 and R-8 rhythm sets. i’m a big fan of the sounds i can get out of it.
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Roland is a really good company, they have made a lot of really awesome equipment over the years. They have always been one of the best names out there, for electronic based music. |
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What's everyone's take on the TR-08 from the Roland Boutique Series?
I was able to rent it for $20 for a month from my local music store and it sounded great to me, but I don't really have a trained ear nor know what I am doing. I ended up taking the sounds and plugging them in my sp-808 On a side note, what's everyones thoughts on Pocket Operators? I have the Rhythm, Sub and the KO. I find for a hobbyist like myself they're tons of fun to mess around with. |
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that's what I think of the pocket operators. haha. I'm actually thinking of buying one again, because I really did dig the sound of the drums. |
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I picked up the RD-8. It's pretty dope. The bass is insane (hard to hear it without real speakers or headphones though). The Beat Junkies did a "Peter Piper" challenge last month and I ended up using the RD-8 on it.
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My brother-in-law and I split a vintage TR-808 a few years back and rocked a timeshare, ha. It looked super bad ass, and the sounds were as expected, but man, a real chore to operate compared to today's interfaces. We didn't last long and ended up selling for considerable profit only months later. Most definitely proud to say I was an owner at one (brief) point in time though.
I've since been using the Roland TR-8. Essentially Roland's digital answer to the classic. Super user-friendly, much more modernized, and all the classic sounds of all the TR series machines. I definitely vouch for it (y) |
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